Sentences with phrase «for stormwater runoff»

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• More than $ 3.5 million for projects in Monroe County that focus on stormwater runoff, including $ 2 million to Rochester for green infrastructure.

A good - for - the - environment solution to mitigating stormwater runoff may seem like a no - brainer, but a common concern regarding green roofs is the variability of their performance.

For example, the study found that in order to maximize water quality in the Dominguez Channel watershed, which spans 133 square miles in southern Los Angeles County, the city would need to install 65,000 bioretention basins — landscaped depressions or shallow basins used to slow and treat on - site stormwater runoff through physical, chemical and biological processes.

Dr. Diane Boellstorff, AgriLife Extension water resource specialist, College Station, said proper fertilizer application and efficient water irrigation can protect and improve water quality in area creeks, and collecting rainwater for lawn and landscape needs reduces stormwater runoff.

Well - known for her «living sculptures» which she calls «biosculptures,» the work of ecological artist Jackie Brookner is a collaborative and cross-disciplinary effort to create water remediation art projects that are public in nature - reclaiming wetlands, rivers, streams and stormwater runoff into revitalized environments - and bringing to awareness the gift of life that water brings.

The podium rooftops feature deep soil intensive green roofs and accessible terraces, creating a lush landscaped outdoor amenity for employees, while also reducing stormwater runoff and providing additional thermal insulation.

There, on a formerly shopworn industrial site, newly planted trees, a ten - acre living roof, and a series of constructed wetlands and swales are restoring soil, creating habitat, and revitalizing the landscape while effectively filtering stormwater runoff for $ 35 million less than conventional technical methods.

By replanting community tree canopies after natural disasters, we help re-establish protection from stormwater runoff issues and provide a source for natural water filtration.

Ford Motor Company, for example, has employed a living roof and constructed wetlands and swales to manage stormwater runoff at its restored Rouge River manufacturing site.

For example, the City of Seattle reduced runoff by 97 percent the year after converting an open ditch stormwater drain to an attractive roadside swale garden, decreasing the width of the adjacent street and planting native vegetation.

Stormwater runoff is a major problem for watersheds across the country, particularly the Chesapeake Bay.

The researchers estimated the benefits of tree cover for reducing air pollution, stormwater runoff, energy costs associated with heating and cooling buildings, and carbon emissions.

Using the old maxim that «the problem is the solution,» this design captures stormwater runoff — usually a cause of soil erosion — and turns it into an abundant resource for times of scarcity.

But Homestead Economics has a neat video of their rainwater garden system, which collects stormwater runoff from a long dirt driveway, diverts it to carefully designed grow beds surrounded by a berm, and then collects any excess water in a retention pond for future irrigation.

Like providing appropriate housing for indigenous people living on the city centre fringe, providing sustainable infrastructure support for the burgeoning urban sprawl, reinvigorating discussion on urban renewal by population density consolidation, managing the extensive stormwater runoff that pollutes the beaches and waterways, while wasting precious rainwater.

Daylighting a mile of Lick Run and flanking it with wetlands — which store and absorb runoff — will provide a separate channel for stormwater to flow into Mill Creek without mixing with sewage.